Sport In History: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781403987907 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 196 str.

Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Hill

Opis

Thiswide-ranging analysis ofthe key themes and developments in sports history provides an accessible introduction to the topic. The book examines sports history on a global scale, exploringthe relationship between sports history and topics such asmodernization, globalization, identity, gender and the media."

Spis treści

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Illustrations.- Sport Matters.- The Transition to Modern Sport.- Sport and Identity.- Sport and Gender.- Mediating Sport.- Sport in a Globalized World.- Conclusion.- Select Bibliography.

O autorze

JEFFREY HILL is Emeritus Professor of Historical and Cultural Studies at De Montfort University, UK, where he was previously Director of the International Centre for Sport, History and Culture. He is the author of Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth Century Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) and Sport and the Literary Imagination (Peter Lang, 2006).